employers encouraging kilt wearing?

[pbpersson]

I think that there are people who have approached the subject openly with their employers and made sure that they had done their homework on their respective employers dress codes and determined that kilts were not only not disallowed, in many cases skirts for women were specifically allowed
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I am not an employee but instead a contractor where I work, I am temp to perm and hoping to be hired as a "real" person in September.

The dress code SPECIFICALLY states that the ONLY apparel that will be accepted are skirts, dresses, and pants. It also states that underwear should not be visible and that attire should be in accordance with the business casual environment - no T-shirts allowed. HOWEVER the wording of the dress code seems to be specifically worded to be gender neutral which I found interesting.

In that light I would THINK that a kilt is a wrap-around skirt for men but I could be wrong....

[Riverkilt]

You're home free then. Kilts are a type of skirt.

Cutting edge of fashion. Shows a company is progressive.

Comin' to Flag this weekend??

Ron

[pbpersson]

Comin' to Flag this weekend??
Ron

Wouldn't miss it for the world.

Not only do I get to wander around in my kilt all day in a low stress environment...but it's an opportunity for me to get USED to seeing men in kilts.

I am thinking how nice it would be to stay later in the day and walk the cool streets of Flagstaff at night. Here we don't have cool streets at night, you know.

[GTRMAN]

In that light I would THINK that a kilt is a wrap-around skirt for men but I could be wrong....

You would be correct.

[MacWage]

So, kilts are skirts when they can be made to fit dress codes. Otherwise, calling a Kilt a skirt is a beating offence?

So a kilt is a a skirt ONLY when it has to be !

[pbpersson]

So, kilts are skirts when they can be made to fit dress codes.

Yes, as it turns out the kilt is a very versatile garment. It can change its characteristics depending upon the circumstances.

As far as I am concerned, calling the kilt a skirt is sort of like calling a Lamborghini a car. I mean sure, you can drive around in a Lamborghini and you can haul groceries....but it is so much MORE!

Anyway, I thought I heard somewhere that a company had a "gender neutral" dress code and the final ruling from HR was that men wearing kilts would be too "distracting" in the workplace. I can't see it being any more distracting than some of the short skirts I see the women wearing....but whatever....

[Ruanaidh]

.... calling the kilt a skirt is sort of like calling a Lamborghini a car.

Hehehe. I got to remember that one.

[Pour1Malt]

Hehehe. I got to remember that one.

ya hae tae bae careful though...

after 10 drams ya micht say " a Lamborgreeni is a kilt..."... then where will ya gae frae there?

[pbpersson]

ya hae tae bae careful though...

after 10 drams ya micht say " a Lamborgreeni is a kilt..."... then where will ya gae frae there?

[Raphael]

So, kilts are skirts when they can be made to fit dress codes. Otherwise, calling a Kilt a skirt is a beating offence?

So a kilt is a a skirt ONLY when it has to be !

That was my manager's rationale for allowing the male staff, me, to wear the kilt on Friday.